The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy - Softcover

Magee, Bryan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019289322X ISBN 13: 9780192893222

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2001

Synopsis

Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 B.C., and following the strand of philosophical inquiry through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee's conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and philosophers provide an accessible and exciting account of Western philosophy and its greatest thinkers. With contributions from A. J. Ayer, Bernard Williams, Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, and John Searle, the book is not only an introduction to the philosophers of the past, but gives an invaluable insight into the view and personalities of some of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

About this title

About the Author:

Bryan Magee is a Visiting Professor at King's College London and has published sixteen other books including Modern British Philosophy, and Creators of Contemporary Philosophy.

From Library Journal:

Magee has taught philosophy at Oxford, and in each of these volumes he attempts to make philosophy understandable to the lay reader. The DK book devotes just a few pages to each of the major thinkers and is lavishly illustrated. It would be suitable for high school, college, and public libraries. Great Philosophers is a series of conversations with important contemporary philosophers about the major historical figures, originally produced for the BBC. Confessions is an autobiographical excursion through Western philosophy.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 019289322X
• ISBN 13: 9780192893222
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 352